Check and deposit-slip tray.



R. N. HAINS.

CHECK AND DEPOSIT SLIP TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1916.

Patentefi Feb. 26, 19M

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

INVENTOH 51 91" Hal/ins ATTORNEY WITNESSES R. N. HAlNS.

CHECK AND DEPOSIT SLIP TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. me.

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2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- seems it. Harris,

01 MARSHALL, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES A. WALKER, 0F

MARSHALL, IVHSSUURI.

CHECK AND DEPOSIT-SLIP TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April 14, 1916. Serial No. 91,151.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ROSIER N. lIAINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Saline and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check and Deposit- Slip Trays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tray for ofiicc use and is designed to provide a convenient article of furniture for use in connection with computing machines for holding slips of paper containing items of various kinds including amounts that are to be added or subtracted and entered upon suitable records. This tray has a common receptacle in which is placed the slips of different kinds and a plurality of associate receptacles in each of which is placed a' particular variety of slip after it has been posted.

The principal object of the invention is to provide in an article of this kind a simple and convenient means in which slips of paper such as checks, deposit slips and the like may be placed as they are received and within easy reach of the machine operator and close to his eye where the items thereon may be read at a glance, posted and the uppermost slip removed and deposited in its proper receptacle. Checks, deposit tickets and other small slips of paper are easily disarranged by the jar or vibration of the calculating machine while operating the same and also by air currents from open windows and from rotary fans such as are universally used in oflice at the present day. To avoid such disorganization of the slips and to enable the machine operator to more quickly do his posting and properly distribute the slips afterward is a further object of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the preferred form of the invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a modified form of tray, the several parts of which are adapted to be disconnected and placed one within another,

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view, and,

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a detail of the invention, and,

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slight change in the form of tray illustrated in Fig. 2 showing how the parts may be made to fold. Referring to the drawings by numerals 10 indicates the tray as a whole which in Fig. 1 is preferably made of wood and comprises three receptacles 11, 12 and 13, the receptacle 11 being designed to receive slips of different kinds while the receptacles 12 and 13 are each intended to hold slips of one kind only.

The receptacles 11 and 12 are substantially' the same size, being relatively long and narrow, said receptacles having one long side I l in common that serves to separate them. The common side 1 1 is cut away at 15 to form a deep semi-circular depression. a similar cut-away portion 16 being formed in the opposite side 17 of the compartment 12,. these depressions enabling the hand to be easily placed in the compartment to remove the contents. To further assist the hand in grasping the slips, a rib 18 extending transversely of each compartment 11, 12-

and 13 PTOJGCtS upwardly from the bottom near one end.

The receptacle 13 is substantially the same size as the other receptacles, but is arranged perpendicularly thereto against one end of the receptacle 11 and being longer than the width of the latter receptacle it projects forwardly beyond its front 19 as shown.

At the back of the receptacle 13 and adjacent the receptacle 12 is a small box-like compartment 20 which may be used for rubber bands, pins, paper fasteners or any other convenient article.

The front 19 of the receptacle 11 has an opening 21 substantially in the center thereof of a width about that of the receptacle 13 and extending from the top to the bottom of the side 19. Pivotally connected or hinged to the bottom 22 of the receptacle 11 just'within the opening 21 is a shelf 23 here shown in the form of a U-shaped frame with outwardly turned ends that pivot in eyes 24 fastened to the bottom 22. To the front'of the shelf on each side is connected a chain 25 by which the shelf may be raised and held in elevated position to any height desired. As shown, the chains 25 are connected to loops 26 on each corner of the ll-shaped frame or shelf 23 and to hooks 27 near the top of the front side 19 of the receptacle 11. These hooks engage the links of the chain as the shelf is raised and hold said shelf where placed. 011 the back of the Patented Feh. 2d, t21&-

Mid

tray 10 near the bottom is a hook 28 designed to be connected to an eye on the shelf of a calculating machine while a hook 29 on the front of the tray engages over the edge common receptacle 11 after being arranged in alphabetical .order, the checks extending longitudinally of the same and the deposit slips cross-wise thereof and being longer than the width of the receptacle 11, the bottom ends of these slips are supported by the shelf 23. lhe receptacle 11 is more or less filled with checks and deposit slips, but as the checks received far outnumber the deposit slips, the latter would hang down below the checks with their totals more or less out of sight unless the shelf 23 could be raised to a height that would lift the deposit slips even with the checks. For this reason the shelf has adjustable connections with the side of the tray as shown by the chains 25 and hooks 27.

After the receptacle 11 has been filled the tray if distant from the calculating machine,

is carried thereto and secured to the shelf by the hooks 28 and 29. The slips are now posted in order and after entry of the uppermost slip is made if it be a check, it is placed in the receptacle 12 face downward and so on with other checks. When a deposit slip is reached, after posting, it is turned face downward in the receptacle 13, the shelf 23 serving to hold the bottom of the deposit slips containing the totals on a level with the rest of the slips which makes it very easy for the operator to see the entire slip without touching it. After exhausting the receptacle 11 all the checks will be found in the receptacle 12 and the deposit slips in the receptacle 13. With a tray of this type it will not be necessary to make separate piles of checks and deposit slips before posting and when more individual trays such as 12 and 13 are used as would be necessarv when a greater variety of slips are to be posted and assorted, all the slips taken in mav be piled up together being properly assorted as they are removed from the common receptacle.

The tray shown in Fig. 1 as before stated is made of wood, the several receptacles of which are inseparablv connected, but if desired the several receptacles may be made each distinct from the other and provided with means for connecting them together in the order shown, said connecting means being of a separable character so that the several parts can be nested together to form a compact package suitable for mailing purposes.

The adjacent sides 30 and 31 of the receptacles 11 and 12 as shown in Figs. 2, f and 5 are in contact when said receptacles are connected for use and held together by broad flat hooks 32 attached to the side 30 at each end of the receptacle and engaging over the side 31, said hooks being resilient and having a spring sufficient to hold these two receptacles together. On the end of the receptacle 11 against which the receptacle 13 is placed are two eyes 33 which extend through perforations 34: in the contacting side of thereceptacle 13. These eyes receive hooks 35 pivoted to the wall 36 of the receptacle 13 and hold said receptacle in place against the ends of receptacles 11 and 12. The rear of the receptacle 13 is formed into a box 37 for the same purpose as the compartment 20 and may be provided with a cover 38. This nesting tray is preferablv made of thin sheet metal but may be made of wood if preferred. When the arts are to be packed away or used for mai ing purposes the hooks 35 are disconnected from the eyes 3 1 thus separating the receptacle 13 from the receptacle 11 and the latter receptacle on being lifted is disconnected from the receptacle 12, the resilient hooks 32 disengaging themselves from the side 31. The shelf or frame 23 may now be turned entirely within the receptacle 11 after which the receptacle 13 is placed on the top of the shelf and the receptacle 12 is also placed bottom upward within the receptacle 11.

Instead of having separable connections between the receptacles 11 and 12, such as are shown by the broad hooks 32, hinges 39 (see Fig. 6) may be connected to the walls 30 and 31 of the two receptacles and when closed they will fold one upon the other.

I claim:

1. A tray for checks and deposit slips, comprising two elongated receptacles with one long side in common, a third similar receptacle at a right angle thereto, one of said first named receptacles having a portion of a side cut away substantially as wide as the breadth of the last named receptacle, and an outstanding support at the cutaway portion.

2. A tray for checks and deposit slips, comprising two elongated receptacles with one long side in common and a third like receptadle at a right angle thereto, one of said first named receptacles having a portion of a side cut-away, a vertically swinging outstanding support at said cut-away portion, and a transverse rib near one end of each receptacle.

3. A tray for checks and deposit slips, comprising two elongated receptacles with one long side in common, and a third like receptacle at a right angle thereto, one of said first named receptacles having a portion'of a side cutaway, an outstanding supand sizes meanest port hinged to the tray and projecting through said cutaway portion and means for holding said support at did'erentelevw tions.

4. A tray for checks and deposit slips, comprising two elongated receptacles with one long side in common, and a third like receptacle at a right angle thereto, one of said first named receptacles having a portion of a side cutaway, an outstanding support hinged within the tray and projecting through said cut-away portion, a chain attached to said support, and means on the side of the tray to engage the links of the chain and hold said support at difl'erent elevations.

5. A tray for record slips out various kinds including a common receptacle having an opening in one side that will enable the receptacle to hold a stack of slips piled crosswise, a plurality of receptacles arranged around said first receptacle each to receive a distinct kind or slip alter the record thereon has been posted, and separable means connecting all of said rece tacles.

6. A tray for checks and deposlt slips comprising two elongated receptacles arranged with one long side of each coincident, means "for separahly connecting said sides, a third similar receptacle placed at a right angle to the first two receptacles at one end, separable cciniections between the third receptacle and one of the other two; one of said first named receptacles having a portion of a side cutaway, and a support out standing from the receptacle at said cutaway portion.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RQWIER N. HMNS.

Witnesses:

dun ins A 'tlll'annnn, Grno, H. Anrnousn. 

